Top 20 Naismith Quotes
#2. In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.
James Naismith
#4. One cannot begin a new dream without abandoning the last [one].
Neil Gaiman
#5. Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life
Gloria Estefan
#6. London made me feel alive. Her breath was mine. Her heart. Her body. Her mind. All of her was in me and belonged to me. I'd do anything for her.
Nashoda Rose
#7. Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.
James Naismith
#8. The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.
John C. Maxwell
#9. I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.
James Naismith
#12. Life, we can now say, is getting something to happen against the odds, and remembering how to do it.
Ursula Goodenough
#13. Admiral Naismith," said Quinn stiffly, "is not a dwarf. He's nearly five feet tall. And I am not 'in love' with him, you low-minded twit; I merely admire his brilliance. Professionally.
Lois McMaster Bujold
#14. My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company.
Eva Herzigova
#15. The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
James Naismith
#16. When punk picked up black leather, I put it down.
Suzi Quatro
#17. Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.
James Naismith
#18. Oh my friend, all that you see of me is a shell, the rest belongs to love.
Rumi
#20. I went back to the Art Institute, then spent the summer at the Ox-Bow School in Saugatuck, Michigan. That's what really awakened me. I made a lot of oil paintings and my first performance.
Claes Oldenburg
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